After a second run of this scenario ended in a result very similar to the first, the Gentlemen Wargamers decided to give it yet another go, just to show that the British situation wasn't quite as hopeless as some of the commanders thought. And, as some of them predicted, the narrative and the outcome were quite different.

The way that the action plays out is as much down to scenario design as it is to the rules being used, although a set of rules that will smoothly handle 80 to 100 units on the table is absolutely necessary if one is going to attempt grand tactical scenarios like these.

If you're curious, you can read more about how we construct our scenarios here: